Punch Shots: Dolphins' Wallace comes out, too ... as a bigot

Aside from being an NBA player since 2001, Jason Collins wasn't exactly a well-known entity even last week. That changed Monday when, in an interview with Sports Illustrated, he came out.

Others have done it before Collins, though they've done so behind the veil of retirement. Collins, who played for the Washington Wizards this season and is facing pending free agency, is the first openly gay athlete who remains active in his sport.

What should have been a solid day for the gay and lesbian and athletic communities alike received a black eye via Mike Wallace's Twitter account.

Wallace, a Miami Dolphins wide receiver, killed two birds with one stone: questioning homosexuality and demonstrating uncertainty as to what it is.

"All these beautiful women in the world and guys wanna mess with other guys SMH," Wallace said in one tweet (with SMH translating to "shaking my head," for those who don't speak Twitterese).

Then Wallace followed with this gem of idiocy: "I'm not bashing anybody don't having anything against anyone I just don't understand it."

Bigots will be bigots. The Mike Wallaces of the world aren't going anywhere. But it'll be nice when societal acceptance and personal freedom finally collide, and guys like Collins won't have to feel shame or fear or resentment in having to make announcements like Monday's.